Iambus

[ai'æmbәs]

Definition

(n.) A foot consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, as in /mans, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented one, as invent; an iambic. See the Couplet under Iambic, n.

Editor: Philip

Definition

n. a metrical foot of two syllables the first short and the second long as in L. fĭdēs; or the first unaccented and the second accented as in deduce—also Iamb′.—adj. Iam′bic consisting of iambics.—n. iambus.—adv. Iam′bically in the manner of an iambic.—v.i. Iam′bise to satirise in iambic verse.—n. Iambog′rapher a writer of iambics.

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